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bandicoot) The rabbit bandicoot or bilby is the single surviving species of its family, Thylacomyidae. It lives in the arid scrubland of central and NW Australia. Sleeping in its burrow during the heat of the day, it emerges at night to feed on termites and beetle larvae. Small marsupial mammal inhabiting Australia and New Guinea. There are about 11 species, family Peramelidae. Bandicoots are rat- or rabbit-sized and live in burrows. They have long snouts, eat insects, and are nocturnal. A related group, the rabbit bandicoots or bilbies, is reduced to a single species that is now endangered and protected by law. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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He has done work for clients such as Motorola, Multishow, GNT, Istoe, Livraria Cultura, Mizuno and Bandicoot. Cattle, goats and sheep exacerbated the problem with relentless grazing, resulting in diminished food, no brush hiding places and fewer burrows for small marsupials such as the hare wallabie, the bilbie and the bandicoot. They have also forced other small animals, such as the bandicoot, or bilby, a native marsupial, to retreat to northern Australia. |
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